--- In [email protected], "Stephanie Smilay"
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> In Ellen's defense, I think she was referring to the misspelling of
> the word "thieves," and no, I do not think it was intentional. It was
> correctly spelled in the print edition.
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> Stpehanie
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> On 4/30/06, k8 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > I think it was intentional...
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> > The first para:
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> > You hear of caladiums being snatched from the soil in Silver
Spring and
> > junipers getting hijacked from a Beltsville nursery; you check out
the crime
> > report in Fairfax County and, just about every week this spring,
you read
> > where some dirtbag has purloined plants or lifted leafy things.
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> > Plantnapping -- it's a dirty business.
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> > Joel Curtin knows. They stole his strawberries, his jade, his
aloe. They
> > even copped his crown of thorns and it wasn't even healthy. They
waltzed
> > right up the concrete steps of his storybook house -- white with
green trim
> > -- in Brookland a few nights ago and ripped off a dozen or so
plants worth
> > more than $250.
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> > What really hurt: They lifted a large terra cotta pot full of
mint. It was
> > the mint he popped in his bourbon after a long day of helping
lawyers solve
> > tech problems. It was the mint he shared with his girlfriend, Hun
Quach,
> > after her long days as a legislative aide on Capitol Hill.
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> > On 4/29/06, Ellen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > The home page of washingtonpost.com today has this as the title
of one
> > of the articles in the paper:
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> > Theives Just Uproot and Leave
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> > In the article itself the word is spelled correctly. I can't believe
> > this got past the editor(s)! That's just sloppy.
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